While agencies generally agree with the need for licensing, some worried certain requirements would be difficult to meet and ...

A Monitor/CPI analysis of thousands of inspection records found years of safety violations at child care providers across the state.

At solar maximum the sun’s magnetic field is messy, and conditions are ripe for solar explosions, like solar flares (bursts ...

The legislation would give certain rural property owners two grants of up to $100,000 each to build rental housing.

A judge struck down all their arguments; undeterred, they appealed the court’s decision, delaying the project and costing the ...

The number of races where Democrats and Republicans did not face off rose significantly in the pandemic election of 2020, and ...

The Maine Monitor and partners brought filmmaker Rick Goldsmith around the state to discuss his documentary Stripped for ...

Maine relies on home heating oil more than any other state. Ending that costly dependence could improve lives and fight climate change, but it won’t be easy. Low-income Mainers face barriers in ...

In this episode, Genius and photographer Sean Alonzo Harris connect about growing up in Cambridge, Mass., his introduction to ...

The voices of transgender people are not often heard. They are grandmothers, ex-Marines, grade school children and leaders. As a record number of states pass anti-transgender laws across the country, ...